General Stanley McChrystal warns we’ll lose the Afghan war without more troops.

by Jeff Davis

You just can’t find good help these days. A cornerstone of Judeo-American policy in its “conquered” oil lands (which don’t seem to be all that conquered, judging from the growing insurgent activity) is that the figurehead should be a “democratically elected” president. One big problem is those pesky wogs just won’t co-operate.

Antiwar.com reports “Officials in the Karzai campaign may have been suggesting for days that they expect a runoff vote, but today’s announcement was delayed reportedly as a result of indications that Karzai is not planning to abide by the results. Karzai’s dramatic lead plummeted markedly in the face of mounting evidence of fraud, and the UN-backed Election Complaints Commission has, according to officials, put Karzai’s lead at only 47%, well short of what he needs to avoid a run-off.”

Funny how the US media railed against the recent Iranian election as being rigged, but then the Afghan “democratic” election taking place in a country controlled by the US military appeared to be even more fraudulent.

The Antiwar article notes “Now diplomatic efforts are on to convince Karzai to actually cooperate with the ECC’s findings, and the Karzai-appointed Independent Election Commission (IEC) will have to sign off on the findings to move on. US Sen. John Kerry, visiting the country, has reportedly told Karzai that the US wants a ‘legitimate outcome.’ But it’s likely far too late for that. Reports of massive fraud and voter intimidation were one thing, but at this point the Karzai campaign is said to have operated 800 completely fictitious polling places and the fraud is likely to reach into the millions of votes.”

Sounds like Karzai could get a job with ACORN if his Afghan gig goes to hell. I wonder if Kerry was able to say he wants a “legitimate outcome” with a straight face?

The article goes on “Even the votes Karzai has reportedly lost in the recount are only a fraction of the extent of the fraud reported by ousted UN official Peter Galbraith, and still the run-off vote is predicated on getting Karzai’s consent. Failure to do so would be a disaster, as supporters of opposition candidates are threatening to take to the streets in armed riots, but even a second round of voting is unlikely to do much to convince anyone that this election has been run in a credible manner.”

Remember all those Iraqis a few years ago posing for the cameras and holding up their purple fingers to show that they had “voted” in the rigged election there? And what has democracy given Iraq? The U.S. occupation troops are still there and their oil is still being stolen by Halliburton.

The Afghan “President” Karzai would do well to remember the fate of the last President of Afghanistan who was a puppet for foreigners, in this case the Soviets. In 1996 Mohammed Najibullah was dragged from the UN compound by the vctorious Taliban and hanged from a lamp post in Kabul. And the US is notorious for undercutting it’s own allies in the Third World. If you have the US for a friend, you don’t need enemies.